As promised in my
blog post of Friday, January 9th, the text below contains the entirety
of the comments delivered to the Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Education at its reorganization
meeting on Monday, January 6th, by Mr. Steve Beatty, President of
the Bridgewater-Raritan and Somerset County Boards of Education.
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| Mr. Beatty emphasizes a point in in his address to the BR-BOE. |
They contain strong
objections to the new academic testing process soon to be introduced into the
school district under federal mandates, as a part of Common Core requirements.
Mr. Beatty’s remarks
are presented in their entirety and have not been edited. However, I’ve taken the liberty to add headings
to facilitate the reader’s segueing from one sub-topic to the next. In the first paragraph, I’ve also added a
description of the term “PARCC” for those who may not be familiar with this
acronym.
Mr. Beatty’s Comments
as Delivered on Monday Evening
Introduction and Initial Critique of PARCC: I would like to open the
conversation on the implementation of the Common Core, and more specifically,
the PARCC tests (Partnership of Readiness for College and Careers assessment) and
their impact on the students of the Bridgewater-Raritan School District.
